diff --git a/package/libheif/0001-fix-wrong-copy-width-in-overlay-images.patch b/package/libheif/0001-fix-wrong-copy-width-in-overlay-images.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d845b2f90..0000000000
--- a/package/libheif/0001-fix-wrong-copy-width-in-overlay-images.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From b8c12a7b70f46c9516711a988483bed377b78d46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Dirk Farin <dirk.farin@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:47:50 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fix wrong copy width in overlay images (thanks to Aldo
- Ristori for reporting this)
-
-CVE: CVE-2025-68431
-Upstream: https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/commit/b8c12a7b70f46c9516711a988483bed377b78d46
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
----
- libheif/pixelimage.cc | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/libheif/pixelimage.cc b/libheif/pixelimage.cc
-index f202c61049..84a8dd739e 100644
---- a/libheif/pixelimage.cc
-+++ b/libheif/pixelimage.cc
-@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ Error HeifPixelImage::overlay(std::shared_ptr<HeifPixelImage>& overlay, int32_t
-       if (!has_alpha) {
-         memcpy(out_p + out_x0 + (out_y0 + y - in_y0) * out_stride,
-                in_p + in_x0 + y * in_stride,
--               in_w - in_x0);
-+               in_w);
-       }
-       else {
-         for (uint32_t x = in_x0; x < in_w; x++) {
diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.hash b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
index da2516a583..3da82e3e27 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.hash
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed:
-sha256  68ac9084243004e0ef3633f184eeae85d615fe7e4444373a0a21cebccae9d12a  libheif-1.20.2.tar.gz
+sha256  9799b4b1c19006f052bcf399c761cc147e279762683cefaf16871dbb9b4ea2a1  libheif-1.21.1.tar.gz
 sha256  fa81ce652315b013359d6e8e4744335f31a50c7c192907176d3632f78a3b4596  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libheif/libheif.mk b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
index b69e699bf9..acd302d847 100644
--- a/package/libheif/libheif.mk
+++ b/package/libheif/libheif.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.20.2
+LIBHEIF_VERSION = 1.21.1
 LIBHEIF_SITE = https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/download/v$(LIBHEIF_VERSION)
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+
 LIBHEIF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ LIBHEIF_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DWITH_REDUCED_VISIBILITY=ON \
 	-DWITH_SvtEnc=OFF
 
-# 0001-fix-wrong-copy-width-in-overlay-images.patch
-LIBHEIF_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2025-68431
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DAV1D),y)
 LIBHEIF_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_DAV1D=ON
 LIBHEIF_DEPENDENCIES += dav1d